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Hurry not, Apple did the very same thing last year: https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/15/apple-reportedly-shifts-app-store-policy-to-stop-adblockers-outside-of-safari

Hurry not, Apple did the very same thing last year: https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/15/apple-reportedly-shifts-app-store-policy-to-stop-adblockers-outside-of-safari/ https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/15/apple-reportedly-shifts-app-s...

NeutronStar 8y ago
Applefans forgetting that Apple does as much BS are the best!
- dang 8y ago
  Please don't post unsubstantive comments here, such as sports-team-style BigCorp flamewars.
tinus_hn 8y ago
That’s not about adblocking but about using vpns for a purpose that is not a virtual private network. The general adblock system works in Safari as well as other apps that use web views though.
- Aissen 8y ago
  It's exactly the subject of this article. They even say so.
- saagarjha 8y ago
  > as well as other apps that use web views though Actually, they only work in the specific case of SFSafariViewController. This isn't available for any old webview to implement.
  - tinus_hn 8y ago
    I was under the impression that Firefox Focus blocked ads in some other apps as well but that doesn’t appear to be the case indeed, at least not in Chrome.
    - saagarjha 8y ago
      Firefox Focus ships with a content blocker extension, I think, so it can block ads in Safari and third-party apps using SFSafariViewController. Chrome uses a webview, so the content blocker won't work there.
- criley2 8y ago
  If we're talking about non-VPN solutions, then Android continues to allow several ad-blocking solutions such as browsers with it built in, or browsers like Firefox which run extension systems which support popular blockers like Ublock Origin. Does iOS support custom browsers like Firefox running their own engine and extension systems? They never did when I was a user.
- bad_user 8y ago
  Firefox for Android supports uBlock Origin, which is the most efficient ad blocker for the web. Safari's ad blocking is piss poor compared to it, because it is technologically limited.
dang 8y ago
We've changed the title above to the relevant phrase from the article, which mentions both Google and Apple. (Submitted title was 'Amazon follows Google and bans system-wide ad blockers on their AppStore'.)

NeutronStar 8y ago

Applefans forgetting that Apple does as much BS are the best!

dang 8y ago
Please don't post unsubstantive comments here, such as sports-team-style BigCorp flamewars.

tinus_hn 8y ago

That’s not about adblocking but about using vpns for a purpose that is not a virtual private network. The general adblock system works in Safari as well as other apps that use web views though.

Aissen 8y ago
It's exactly the subject of this article. They even say so.
saagarjha 8y ago
> as well as other apps that use web views though Actually, they only work in the specific case of SFSafariViewController. This isn't available for any old webview to implement.
- tinus_hn 8y ago
  I was under the impression that Firefox Focus blocked ads in some other apps as well but that doesn’t appear to be the case indeed, at least not in Chrome.
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    Firefox Focus ships with a content blocker extension, I think, so it can block ads in Safari and third-party apps using SFSafariViewController. Chrome uses a webview, so the content blocker won't work there.
criley2 8y ago
If we're talking about non-VPN solutions, then Android continues to allow several ad-blocking solutions such as browsers with it built in, or browsers like Firefox which run extension systems which support popular blockers like Ublock Origin. Does iOS support custom browsers like Firefox running their own engine and extension systems? They never did when I was a user.
bad_user 8y ago
Firefox for Android supports uBlock Origin, which is the most efficient ad blocker for the web. Safari's ad blocking is piss poor compared to it, because it is technologically limited.

dang 8y ago

We've changed the title above to the relevant phrase from the article, which mentions both Google and Apple. (Submitted title was 'Amazon follows Google and bans system-wide ad blockers on their AppStore'.)